Improvement in stoves



J. JEWETT.

Stove.

No. 198,243. Patented Dec. 18, 1877.

NFEYERS, PHDTO-LJTMOGRAPKER, WASHWGTOH. D c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH JEWETT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JEWETT & ROOT, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,243, dated December18, 1877; application filed November 1, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH JEwErr, of the city of Buffalo, in the countyof Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stoves, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates more especially to that class of heating-stoveswhich are designed for burning wood, and in which the fuel restsdirectly upon the bottom of the stove.

In this class of stoves, as heretofore constructed, the base rim orflange is cast in one piece with the bottom of the stove. This isobjectionable, as the bottom, in becoming heated, expands, while thebase remains cold and resists this expansion, whereby the base isfrequently caused to crack.

The object of my invention is to overcome this difficulty.

My invention consists in making the base separate from the bottom, andconnecting both in such manner that the edge of the bottom can moveoutwardly and inwardly on the base as the bottom expands or contracts inbecoming heated or cooling off.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of astove provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectionalview,representin g the means by which the bottom is secured to the base;and Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the figures.

A represents the body of the stove; B, the bottom O, the base, and D thelegs.

The base 0 is made separate from the bottom B, and provided with lugs 6,having radial slots f.

The rim 9 of the bottom B rests upon the upper edge of the base, and issecured to the lugs e by bolts h, which latter are tightenedsufliciently to hold the parts together, while at the same timepermitting a slight movement of the rim of the bottom on the base.

The bottom B, in becoming heated, expands, and its rim 9 moves outwardlyupon the base 0, while, when the fire dies out, the bottom contracts,and its rim moves inwardly upon the base 0, the bolts h sliding in theradial slots f during these movements of the rim of the bottom.

My improved construction of the bottom permits the use of a high basewithout any risk of the same being cracked by the unequal expansion andcontraction of the parts, thereby permitting the stove-bottom to be wellraised from the floor without any increase in the height of the legs,and imparting to the stove a neater and more ornamental appearance thanheretofore attained.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a heating-stove, the combination, withthe tight bottom B, adapted to receive the fuel, of the base 0, madeseparate from the bottom, and secured thereto in the manner described,so as to enable the bottom to expand and contract, being at the sametime securely connected to the base, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the base'O, provided with lugs e, having radialslots f, of the bottom B, made separate from the base, and securedthereto by bolts h, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

JOSIAH J EVVETT.

Witnesses JNo. J. BONNER, C. J. BUCHHEIT.

